Project Manager - OCP Contractors

Project Manager

Job Purpose:

The project manager is responsible for overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of construction projects from initial budget through project closeout. Project managers coordinate jobsite activities to ensure successful completion of the project through adherence to OCP safety policies, quality objectives, schedules, and budgets. The project manager is expected to work with people in all levels to establish operational priorities and ensure a quality project.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand and work closely with the safety manager to enforce OCP safety policies.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with General Contractors.
• Attend and review documents received at hand off meeting from the estimator.
• Set up the project in accordance with OCP’s standard procedures.
• Take ownership of the mark up. Keep a close eye on actual cost vs budgeted.
• Set up and run the project manager to foreman kick off meeting in line with OCP’s standard procedures.
• Understand and proactively manage project schedule.
• Maintain a smooth and detailed flow information to the superintendent and foreman as project conditions change.
• Run multiple projects at once.
• Manage job specific billing procedures.
• Prepare WIP reports accurately, use information gathered from the foreman and jobsite visits.
• Lead the charge in making necessary adjustments needed to maintain project success. These adjustments might be in response to changing budgets, schedules, personnel, etc.
• Understand building systems to navigate and coordinate activities to maximize productivity and efficiency.
• Ensure that an effective method of material ordering is in place. Manage long lead items.
• Manage the buyout of the subcontractors and suppliers.
• Price changes in a timely manner. Avoid time and material work as much as possible.
• Communicate effectively
• Ensure that the six week look ahead is happening on projects.
• Ensure that constraint logs are in use on projects.
• Propose ideas for improvement and identify wastes in line with lean construction methods.
• Attend job meeting as needed.
• Other duties as required.